diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
index bcce9e5708..d233afaa92 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ class FormulaAuditor
       problem "\"Formula.factory(name)\" is deprecated in favor of \"Formula[name]\""
     end
 
-    if text =~ /system "npm", "install"/ && text !~ %r[opt_libexec\}/npm/bin] && formula.name != "kibana"
+    if text =~ /system "npm", "install"/ && text !~ %r[opt_libexec\}/npm/bin] && formula.name !~ /^kibana(\d{2})?$/
       need_npm = "\#{Formula[\"node\"].opt_libexec\}/npm/bin"
       problem <<-EOS.undent
        Please add ENV.prepend_path \"PATH\", \"#{need_npm}"\ to def install